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        <news:name>The Sahel</news:name>
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      <news:title>Burkina Faso: Parliament unanimously approves the reinstatement of the death penalty</news:title>
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      <news:publication>
        <news:name>The Sahel</news:name>
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      <news:title>Burkina Faso reactivates the death penalty in its Penal Code</news:title>
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        <news:name>The Sahel</news:name>
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